Well, October 5th would be the official first day I was fully moved into my house! I spent the night last Saturday, and we finished moving the last of my stuff on Sunday. As of about 5pm Sunday the move was complete, and I say Monday was my first full day living here. It is a very different feeling. On the one hand I miss how nice my parents house was in terms of space and how it looked. Not to mention the food supply. On the other hand, I have an entire house for my stuff as opposed to two bedrooms, so I'm not cramped and when I come home from work I don't have to keep the TV at a lower volume so I didn't wake them up or anything. Not that I want it cranked up, but it is nicer to be able to turn it up some, especially for Rock Band. And that is another big point. Now if I feel like doing a little drumming or vocals at midnight or 1am or both after downloading new music I can. That is a great feeling. The one thing I certainly won't miss is the commotion that accompanies my nieces and nephews on the weekends.
Busy gaming period coming up. Picked up NBA 2K10 on Tuesday. I got the Anniversary Edition because I wanted the footlocker, which is very cool. The game has been just as good as I was expecting. The "new" My Player mode, aka bball version of MLB Road to the Show with a little 24/7 mixed in, is pretty neat. At times it can be frustrating when you make a play but get negative points for it (like driving the hoop and putting up a shot in traffic and getting bad shot selection; not like the CPU takes better ones, plus its not like it was a 26ft 3). But overall it is a very fun mode to play. I'm gonna have to try out a big man position, as my guy is a PG.
When I got my iPod Touch I wasn't really expecting it to kinda turn into a gaming platform for myself. Somehow it did. As much as I would like either a DS or a PSP for at least a half dozen games on each, I haven't yet. Probably the biggest reason has been my iPod. Seeing as its my media player, the fact that there are some decent to pretty good games is a huge mise. The PSP was attempting this but the problem was space. The fact you needed memory sticks wasn't good. I really like the idea of the PSPgo, with the internal memory, although I'm not positive all digital games was the best idea (not a terrible idea though). But since it just came out for $250, its hard for me to really consider it. If it came out sooner, possibly. The DS is a pure gaming platform, but seeing as I've been down that road before, its hard to make a case for it. Still both systems have a lot of games I would love to try, but having an iPod that has games makes it tougher to consider a DS/PSP, not to mention my own sordid history with pure handheld gaming platforms. Let's Golf has been the most played game, and best purchase, so far for me. It plays like Hot Shots, and it does a fine job of it. Most of the others I've tried haven't been as good, but they haven't been terrible either. Surprisingly I found the 24 game to be okay. The levels are very short, but it plays just fine. Secret of Monkey Island was translated very well and was a great choice for the iTouch. The rest has just been meh for the most part.
What I've really been looking for has been an RPG for the iTouch. I've purchased two, and I've looked into a couple more. The two I picked up are Zenonia (comparable to 16-bit action RPGs, aka Zelda, with a Diablo like mission/item structure), which I've really enjoyed so far. The other is a port of a Sega CD game, Vay. That one is like the old turn based RPGs, like Phantasy Star, Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy. That one seems fine so far. What I would love to see is a Final Fantasy-like game, and that is why I tried Vay. I've also heard Dungeon Hunter is good (basically a Diablo-clone), as well as HYBRID (made by same people as Zenonia). At the moment though, Zenonia is the one that will probably get the most playing time. Plus it was only $3 so it was a very good deal.
I'll leave it at that for now. I want to take a shower and get ready.
